teens and blogs

from the times online...



What does this mean for school libraries? What does it mean for parents?



Dear diary, I prefer to vent my private angst in cyberspace-Arts & Entertainment-Books-TimesOnline

A survey of 1,019 teenagers suggests that almost half write blogs while fewer than one in ten keeps a traditional pen-and-paper diary.



According to the
survey, commissioned by Sky's Young Journalist Awards, teenagers believe
that internet Ludditism and the use of a pseudonym would prevent parents or
teachers finding their blogs. Few were worried about their safety online.
The average teenager spends 4½ hours a week blogging or visiting sharing
sites such as MySpace, compared with two hours reading books.